Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – Portland-based hip-hop artist Aesop Rock, who released his seventh album, The Impossible Kid, on April 29th, 2016 via Rhymesayers, which spawned a 48-minute video for the entire album, which is a shot-for-shot remake of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, using small figurines, performed at Rebel in Toronto last night with New York City-based rapper … Continue reading
Photos by: Sarah McNeil – UK Folk-Rock band Bear’s Den, who released their second album, Red Earth & Pouring Rain, on July 22nd, 2016 via Communion, which followed up their 2014 album, Islands, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.
By: Staff – Canadian Music Week has announced the next wave of artists for the 2017 edition of the festival. Newly added performers include double platinum rock icon Melissa Etheridge, Toronto’s indie-rock mainstays Hollerado, along with the city’s critically acclaimed rising stars Charlotte Day Wilson, Weaves, and Greys, Montreal’s electronic-punk outfit Duchess Says, and the new psychedelic-jazz collaboration from composer/producer Toro Y Moi, Chaz Bundick … Continue reading
Photos by: Jessie Lau – Acoustic Pop singer-songwriter Kina Grannis, who released her newest album, Elements, on May 6th, 2014, which was produced by Matt Hales (a.k.a. Aqualung), and which followed up her 2010 album, Stairwells, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with singer-songwriter Imaginary Future, who released his newest album, Sunlight, on March 24th, 2015, which … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Toronto-based indie rock singer-songwriter Jason Collett, who is best known as a member of acclaimed indie rock band Broken Social Scene, and who released his sixth full-length album, Song And Dance Man, on February 5th, 2016 via Arts & Crafts, which was produced by Bahamas’ Afie Jurvanen, and which followed up his 2012 album, Reckon/Essential Cuts, … Continue reading
Photos by: Isaac Wray – Dutch EDM DJ/Producer Bingo Players, who is best known for his hit songs “Cry (Just a Little)”, which was a Top 40 hit in the Netherlands, Belgium, and United Kingdom, and “Rattle”, performed at Celebrities Nightclub in Vancouver last night.
By: Staff – If you were asked to describe the music of Chad Price’s self-titled sophomore album (out Jan. 27th) in three words, those words might just be, “grown folk music”…at least that’s how Price himself answers the question of what his music has evolved into since his 2012 debut album: “The music I’m making now has … Continue reading
Photos by: Andrew Hartl – Horror punk artist Wednesday 13, who released his sixth album, Monsters of the Universe: Come Out and Plague, on January 12th, 2015, performed at the Rockpile West in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Los Angeles-based folk-pop duo Us The Duo, who released their third album, Just Love, on July 22nd, 2016, performed at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver last night.
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Acclaimed Toronto-based indie rock band Sloan, who released their eleventh album, Commonwealth, on September 9th, 2014 via Murderecords/Yep Roc Records, which followed up their Juno Award-nominated, and Polaris Prize-longlisted 2011 album, The Double Cross, performed at the Flato Markham Theatre in Markham, ON last night.